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India should take heart from the CWG tally

Serena announces impending retirement, says 'evolving away from tennis'

Serena Williams says she is ready to step away from tennis after winning 23 Grand Slam titles, turning her focus to having another child and her business interests. "I'm turning 41 this month, and something's got to give," Williams wrote in an essay released Tuesday by Vogue magazine. Williams said she does not like the word retirement and prefers to think of this stage of her life as "evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me." Williams is playing this week in Toronto, at a hard-court tournament that leads into the U.S. Open, the year's last Grand Slam event, which begins in New York on Aug. 29. The American has won more Grand Slam singles titles in the professional era than any other woman or man. Only one player, Margaret Court, collected more, 24, although she won a portion of hers in the amateur era.

Sharath Kamal Achanta - India's star paddler, proving age is just a number

In the 2022 Birmingham CWG games, Kamal won three gold medals in the men's singles event, the mixed doubles event with Sreeja Akula and the men's team event

Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: India finishes at 4th spot in CWG

India finishes their campaign at 4th spot with 61 medals. While India Men's Hockey team lost to Australia, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Chirag Shetty-Sairaj Satwik Rankireddy bags gold for India.

Is cricket sustainable amid climate change?

The warming of the earth, combined with the exhausting nature of the game, is raising questions about the future of the second most popular sport in the world

Uttarakhand: NIM to host national sports climbing championship from Aug 12

The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering will host the national sports climbing championship here from August 12-14

Nick Kyrgios wins Citi Open again; Liudmila Samsonova takes women's title

Nick Kyrgios rambled through a lengthy list of people he wanted to thank after ending a- three year title drought by claiming the trophy at the site of his last triumph, the Citi Open.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxers add to gold rush, as it rains medals

In boxing, world champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the light flyweight (50 kg) title while Nitu Ghanghas won the women's 48 kg competition

Sreeja Akula suffers heartbreaking loss, misses bronze by whisker

India's Sreeja Akula suffered a heartbreaking loss at the Commonwealth Games here as she went down to Australia's Yangzi Liu 3-4 in a close bronze medal play-off. Sreeja went down 11-3 6-11 2-11 11-7 13-15 11-9 7-11 after staging a slew of comebacks in a match that lasted more than one and a half hour. The Hyderabad-born paddler made a confident start against Liu who appeared quite nervous and the former took advantage of that to race to a 11-3 win the first game. The Australian bounced back with a more attacking intent and clinched the second game 11-6 to draw level. Buoyed by her comeback in the second game, Liu continued from where she left off and did not allow the Indian to find any rhythm, and won the third game 11-2. Sreeja, however, displayed the first signs of her never-say-die attitude and relied on her smart forehand plays to win the fourth game 11-7. With the match all set at 2-2, it was Liu once again, who went ahead with a tight game and made it 15-13 in the fifth .

CWG: Kamal assures India of two more medals, Manika to return empty-handed

Star paddler Sharath Kamal continued his sensational run to reach the finals of both the men's and mixed doubles events and assure India of at least two more medals at the Commonwealth Games

CWG 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Bajrang, Deepak, Sakshi win gold in wrestling

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Indian wrestling contingent performed exceptionally, winning six medals which included 3 gold, 1 silver and two bronze. Women's hockey lost controversially

CWG: Twin delight for Sharath Kamal, enters mixed and men's doubles semis

Achanta Sharath Kamal dished out a superlative performance, registering twin victories to advance to the semifinals of mixed and men's doubles competition along with his respective partners at CWG

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula storm into women singles quarters at CWG

Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula entered the women's singles quarterfinals in the table tennis event of the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Batra steamrolled Australian Jee Minhyung 11-4 11-8 11-6 12-10 to book her place in the quarterfinal. The 27-year-old star paddler will now take on Singapore's Jian Zeng in the last eight-clash later tonight. Sreeja, on the other hand, played out a nerve-wracking encounter against Charlotte Carey from Wales to secure herself a last eight berth. The 24-year-old toiled hard but held her nerves to beat Carey 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10. Sreeja will lock horns with Canada's Mo Zhang in the quarterfinal which is also slated to be held later tonight. Earlier in the day, both Manika and Sreeja also reached the mixed doubles quarterfinal events. Batra and mixed doubles partner Sathiyan Gnanasekaran humbled Nigerians Olajide Omotayo and Ajoke Ojomu 11-7 11-6 11-7. The two will face Malaysia's Javen Choong and Karen Ly

Pro Kabaddi Auction 2022: PKL Player Auctions, Venue, Date and Time

PKL Auction 2022: When and where to watch Live streaming of Vivo Pro Kabaddi Auction 2022, Players retained and new players

Pro Kabaddi League Player Auction 2022: When and where to watch Live?

The Pro Kabaddi Season 9 Auction is scheduled to start at 6.30 pm IST

CWG Day 7 Highlights: Sudhir, Sreeshankar win medals; Hima Das in semis

On the seventh day of CWG 2022, Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men's Long Jump final, becoming the first Indian male athlete to bring home a medal in the category

Defending champion, top-seeded Jessica Pegula out of the Citi Open

Top-seeded Jessica Pegula is out of the Citi Open after getting upset in straight sets Wednesday by Australian Daria Saville.

CWG 2022 Day 5 Highlights: Gold in Lawn Bowls, TT; IND lose Badminton final

Commonwealth Games Day 5 Highlights: India won a total of four medals on the 5th day with a historic first gold in Lawn Bowls. It won Men's TT final but lost in Badminton Mixed Team. Vikas won silver

CWG 2022: Indian weightlifters dominate as facilities for athletes improve

As Indian weightlifters dominate at the Commonwealth Games, the sport fraternity credits the govt and federation with improved facilities for athletes

Uttar Pradesh govt seeks to take embassies' help to boost exports

Among the top-selling UP products are leather goods, carpets, hand woven textiles, brassware, glassware, sports goods, etc